Julián Simón Explained

Julián Simón Sesmero (born 3 April 1987) is a Spanish motorcycle racer. He is best known for winning the 2009 125cc World Championship.

Career

125cc World Championship

Born in Villacañas, Toledo, Spain, Simón began his racing career racing for Honda in the 2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season at the Spanish Grand Prix. In 2003 he raced for Malaguti before switching to Aprilia in 2004 and KTM in 2005. He won the 2005 125cc British Grand Prix.

250cc World Championship

In 2007 he raced in the 250cc class for the Repsol Honda team, before riding a KTM in 2008.

Return to 125cc

In 2009 he signed with the Mapfre Aspar team to compete in the 125 class. He famously celebrated winning a race a lap before the race finished, allowing himself to be overtaken. He eventually finished fourth.^[1] He was dominant at the subsequent Sachsenring race, dominating both wet qualifying and the dry race. This set the tone for a dominant season in which he clinched the title by overtaking closest rival Bradley Smith on the final lap at Phillip Island. He then also beat Smith to win the final two races of the year.

Moto2 World Championship

For 2010 he stepped up to the new Moto2 class with Mapfre Aspar, initially on an RSV chassis but switching to Suter after the first two rounds. He scored his first podium – and his team's first podium – in the class at the French round at Le Mans, moving into fourth place in the championship standings.^[2]

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2002	125cc	Honda	Telefónica MoviStar Junior Team	4	0	0	0	0	2	37th
2003	125cc	Malaguti	Semprucci Angaia Malaguti	16	0	0	0	0	4	29th
2004	125cc	Honda	Angaia Racing	14	0	0	0	0	60	14th
2005	125cc	KTM	Red Bull KTM GP125	15	1	1	0	0	123	7th
2006	125cc	KTM	Red Bull KTM GP 125	13	0	1	0	0	97	9th
2007	250cc	Honda	Repsol Honda 250cc	17	0	0	0	0	123	9th
2008	250cc	KTM	Repsol KTM 250cc	16	0	0	0	0	109	10th
2009	125cc	Aprilia	Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc	16	7	12	7	7	289	1st
2010	Moto2	RSV	Mapfre Aspar Team	17	0	8	3	3	201	2nd
		Suter
	Moto2	Suter	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2	10	0	1	0	0	68	14th
	Moto2	FTR	Blusens Avintia	17	0	2	0	0	81	13th
		Suter
	Moto2	Kalex	Italtrans Racing Team	17	0	0	0	2	81	13th
2014	Moto2	Kalex	Italtrans Racing Team	18	0	0	0	0	56	17th
2015	Moto2	Speed Up	QMMF Racing Team	18	0	0	0	0	58	18th
2016	Moto2	Speed Up	QMMF Racing Team	16	0	1	0	0	40	18th
2017	Moto2	Kalex	Garage Plus Interwetten	3	0	0	0	0	0	40th
		Tech 3	Tech 3 Racing
Total				227	8	26	10	12	1392

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125cc	2002–2006, 2009	2002 Spain	2005 Great Britain	2005 Great Britain	78	8	14	7	7	575	1
250cc	2007–2008	2007 Qatar			33	0	0	0	0	232	0
Moto2	2010–2017	2010 Qatar	2010 France		116	0	12	3	5	585	0
Total	2002–2017				227	8	26	10	12	1392	1

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Pts
2002	125cc	Honda	JPN	RSA	SPA Ret	FRA	ITA	CAT 22	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR 14	BRA	PAC	MAL	AUS	VAL Ret			37th	2
2003	125cc	Malaguti	JPN 19	RSA 27	SPA Ret	FRA 20	ITA Ret	CAT 24	NED 17	GBR 18	GER 20	CZE 22	POR Ret	BRA 25	PAC 24	MAL 25	AUS 12	VAL 19			29th	4
2004	125cc	Honda	RSA 11	SPA 11	FRA 13	ITA 20	CAT 14	NED 19	BRA 14	GER 9	GBR 8	CZE 10	POR WD	JPN	QAT 7	MAL 6	AUS 20	VAL 13			14th	60
2005	125cc	KTM	SPA 9	POR 9	CHN 10	FRA 8	ITA 7	CAT 8	NED 6	GBR 1	GER 5	CZE 10	JPN Ret	MAL 6	QAT 8	AUS Ret	TUR	VAL 8			7th	123
2006	125cc	KTM	SPA 5	QAT 10	TUR 11	CHN 5	FRA 12	ITA 7	CAT Ret	NED	GBR	GER	CZE Ret	MAL 4	AUS 5	JPN 3	POR 5	VAL Ret			9th	97
2007	250cc	Honda	QAT 8	SPA Ret	TUR 7	CHN 7	FRA 5	ITA 7	CAT 10	GBR 7	NED Ret	GER Ret	CZE 8	RSM 10	POR 8	JPN 6	AUS 6	MAL 6	VAL 6		9th	123
2008	250cc	KTM	QAT 11	SPA 7	POR 7	CHN Ret	FRA 8	ITA 11	CAT 9	GBR 8	NED 10	GER 5	CZE 12	RSM 5	INP C	JPN 4	AUS 4	MAL Ret	VAL Ret		10th	109
2009	125cc	Aprilia	QAT 2	JPN 2	SPA Ret	FRA 1	ITA 3	CAT 4	NED 2	GER 1	GBR 1	CZE 2	INP 5	RSM 1	POR 12	AUS 1	MAL 1	VAL 1			1st	289
2010	Moto2	RSV	QAT Ret	SPA 8																	2nd	201
		Suter			FRA 2	ITA 9	GBR 3	NED 6	CAT 3	GER Ret	CZE 5	INP 2	RSM 2	ARA 2	JPN 2	MAL 21	AUS 4	POR 12	VAL 3
2011	Moto2	Suter	QAT 10	SPA 6	POR 2	FRA 4	CAT Ret	GBR	NED	ITA	GER Ret	CZE DNS	INP 7	RSM 12	ARA 17	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL 10		14th	68
	Moto2	FTR	QAT 15																		13th	81
		Suter		SPA 23	POR 8	FRA 12	CAT Ret	GBR 22	NED 14	GER 15	ITA 14	INP 3	CZE 11	RSM 12	ARA 17	JPN 11	MAL 4	AUS Ret	VAL 2
	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 6	AME 19	SPA 16	FRA 8	ITA 17	CAT 15	NED 10	GER 4	INP 11	CZE Ret	GBR 12	RSM 12	ARA 8	MAL 10	AUS Ret	JPN 5	VAL 11		13th	81
2014	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 16	AME 23	ARG 17	SPA 14	FRA Ret	ITA 22	CAT 12	NED 7	GER 16	INP Ret	CZE 7	GBR 12	RSM 8	ARA 16	JPN 6	AUS 20	MAL 6	VAL Ret	17th	56
2015	Moto2	Speed Up	QAT 13	AME 9	ARG 26	SPA 11	FRA 6	ITA 7	CAT 15	NED 11	GER 9	INP Ret	CZE 18	GBR 18	RSM 5	ARA Ret	JPN 16	AUS 18	MAL 25	VAL 18	18th	58
2016	Moto2	Speed Up	QAT Ret	ARG 19	AME 9	SPA DNS	FRA Ret	ITA 17	CAT 13	NED 16	GER 3	AUT 15	CZE 13	GBR 14	RSM Ret	ARA 21	JPN 8	AUS Ret	MAL WD	VAL 23	18th	40
2017	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 23	ARG 18																	40th	0
		Tech 3			AME Ret	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Notes and References

1. News: Rider celebrates 125cc victory – one lap too soon!. BBC Sport. BBC. 2009-06-14. 2010-05-26.
2. News: Simon second on Suter debut. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2010-05-25. 2010-05-26.